On two consecutive days, in two very different events held under very different conditions, the 13th annual Lane Parrish Memorial Race was staged on Baldy last weekend.
Part-time stunt man, male model, and speed and bump racer, Lane Parrish was a classic Sun Valley persona before a 1990 plane crash ended his life near Twin Falls. He was 33.
Each year, the Lane Parrish Memorial—part bumps, part Super G—is held in memory of the Sun Valley icon. This year's overall winners were Carl Rixon Jr. and Ali Maricich.
Saturday's moguls event saw bump racing return to its hot doggin' roots as 97 guys and gals bounced down Warm Springs's Race Arena.
Many were in classic 70s garb as the sun shined even while the wind howled above the mostly gust-proof course.
Racers were not timed in the retro display, but judged instead on style, form and cool air. Denim jackets, chrome reflective one-pieces, and tight sweaters hot dogged to the finish, performing countless spread eagles, daffies, and even worm roles along the way.
Sunday, temperatures peaked near 10 a.m. around 30 degrees before plummeting as dark clouds obscured any hope of afternoon sun.
By the time of the afternoon New Diamond Sun super giant slalom, speed-suited racers found themselves on a different, more demanding hill.
The SG course began with a flat start on Mid Warm Springs before dropping onto a steep Upper Greyhawk face, across to Hemingway, and finally curling back around to Lower Greyhawk for the finish.
Carl Rixon Jr. was the morning's fastest qualifier with a time of 69.78, a full three seconds better than runner-up and former national downhill king Skip Merrick. Zac Crist was .05 behind Merrick for third.
Kat Latham was the fastest woman Sunday morning, with a time of 82.11. Ali Maricich, 13, finished second and Katie Rothgeb ended up in third.
In the afternoon, the top five female finishers and top 15 male racers gathered for the New Diamond Sun.
In this "best of the best," Rixon took first place over Zac Crist by just under a second with a time of 69.67 to Crist's 70.78. Meanwhile, for the women, Ali Maricich's fresh legs held up to take first over Haley Reutimann with over a second difference.
Here is a summary of top results. For complete results with all the names check this week's Express Web site:
NEW DIAMOND SUN
Top men: 1—Carl Rixon Jr. 69.67. 2—Zac Crist 70.78. 3—Merrick 73.05. 4—Matt Murphy 74.02. 5—Olin Glenne 74.55. 6—Matt Luhn 74.88. 7—Bryce Newcomb 75.06. 8—John Campbell 76.18. 9—Tyler Chandler 76.76. 10—Hank Minor 76.96 11—Pat Revallier 77.81. 12—Blake Barrymore 79.08. 13—Cameron Fraser 80.56. 14—Shane Cordeau 82.15.
Women: 1—Ali Maricich 83.79. 2—Haley Reutimann 84.88. 3—Kat Latham 85.71. 4—Katie Rothgeb 86.38. 5—Sonja Mandeville 87.86.
PARRISH MEMORIAL, BY CLASS
JUNIOR 2 GIRLS (12-and-under): SG: 1—Emma Wilander 98.00. 2—Ali Levy 98.61. 3—Molly Duff 101.48. 4—Natalie Vorstveld 104.79. 5—Meghan Duff 105.29. 6—Anne Duff 105.92. 7—Hannah Haupt 111.51. 8—Erin Murphy 115.01. DSQ—Anita Vorstveld and Aunika Phillips. Bumps: 1—Zana Davey. 2—Hannah Haupt. 3—Ali Levy. Combined: 1—Hannah Haupt. 2—Zana Davey. 3—Ali Levy.
JUNIOR 1 GIRLS (13-19): SG: 1—Ali Maricich 82.22. 2—Katie Rothgeb 83.45. 3—Haley Reutimann 84.72. 4—Ainsley Gourlay 85.95. 5—Meghan Luck 86.20. 6—Sierra Brand 91.00. 7—Hanna Curran 91.06. 8—McKenna Collins 94.85. 9—Sophia Schwartz 96.27. 10—Britt VanPaepeghem 103.48. 11—Lauren Phillips 104.51. 12—Kroger Schwartz 107.61. 13—Kali Phillips 112.49. DSQ—Katie Fieguth. Bumps: 1—Sophia Schwartz. 2—Katie Fieguth. 3—Britt VanPaepeghem. 4—Sierra Brand. 5—McKenna Collins. 6—Lauren Phillips. 7—Kali Phillips. 8—Kroger Schwartz. Combined: 1—Sophia Schwartz. 2—Sierra Brand. 3 (tie)—McKenna Collins and Britt VanPaepeghem. 5—Lauren Phillips. 6 (tie)—Kroger Schwartz and Kali Phillips.
MIDDLES (20-39): SG: 1—Kat Latham 82.11. 2—Sonja Mandeville 84.01. 3—Christine Cordeau 85.08. 4—Leisl Opp 86.07. 5—Erin Resko 93.78. 6—Kelly Kipling 101.92. 7—Debbie Page 108.26. 8—Susan Teren 112.08. DNF—Brenda Blackwell. Bumps: 1—Debbie Page. 2—Cordeau. 3—Erin Resko. 4—Sonja Mandeville. 5—Liesl Opp. 6—Kat Latham. Combined: 1—Christine Cordeau. 2—Sonja Mandeville. 3—Kat Latham. 4—Debbie Page. 5—Erin Resko. 6—Liesl Opp.
VETERANS (40-plus): SG: 1—Julie Bell 85.90. 2—Laurie Reutimann 86.87. 3—Joanne Zwingenberg 87.36. 4—Heather Black 88.81. 5—Noelle Lyons 89.83. 6—Gretchen Flint 92.40. 7—Randi Dubois 97.39. 8—Justin Kaiser 98.58. 9—Jen Campbell 103.40. 10—Joanne Brand 131.63. Bumps: 1—Justine Kaiser. 2—Joanne Zwingenberg. 3—Laurie Reutimann. 4—Gretchen Flint. 5—Linda Zarkos. 6 (tie)—Heather Black and Randi Dubois. Combined: 1—Joanne Zwingenberg. 2—Justine Kaiser. 3—Heather Black. 4—Randi Dubois.
JUNIOR 2 BOYS: SG: 1—Colter Brehmer 82.91. 2—Austin Moses 91.71. 3—Tai Barrymore 93.87. 4—Hunter Weaver 94.18. 5—Jake Kaiser 95.75. 6—Brandon Barry 97.07. 7—Tim Kanellitsas 102.37. 8—Christopher Nalen 103.08. 9—Dylan Carroll 103.35. 10—R.J. Bracken 108.99. 11—Dominic Calhoon 115.29. 12—Nathan Moses 120.89. 13—Michael Weaver 127.29. Bumps: 1—Tai Barrymore. 2—Nathan Moses. 3—Dominic Calhoon. 4—Parker Page. 5—R.J. Bracken. 6—Jack Knutson. 7—Trevor Norris. Combined: 1—Tai Barrymore. 2—Dominic Calhoon. 3—Nathan Moses. 4—R.J. Bracken.
JUNIOR 1 BOYS: SG: 1—Bryce Newcomb 74.68. 2—Barrett Cincotta 74.86. 3—Tyler Chandler 75.79. 4—Scott Isaacs 80.71. 5—Shane Cordeau 81.71. 6—Ryon Campbell 82.83. 7—Toby Eagan 83.92. 8—Derek Blash 84.16. 9—Kurtis Fieguth 85.19. 10—Reed Boeger 86.40. 11—Ross Falcone 91.11. 12—Ausstin Bourret 97.18. 13—Sam Colesworthy 101.50. DNF—Riley Berman. DSQ—Luke Chaney. Bumps: 1—Reed Boeger. 2—Ross Falcone. 3—Shane Cordeau. 4—Kurtis Fieguth. 5—North Parker. 6—Austin Moses. 7—Jake Kaiser. 8—Austin Bourret. 9—Bryce Newcomb. 10—Luke Chaney. 11—McLain Porter. 12—Chris Clark. 13—Trace Page. 14—Tyler Chandler. 15—Colter Brehmer. 16—Toby Eagan. 17—Sam Colesworthy. 18—Ryon Campbell. 19—Chase Englehart. Combined: 1—Shane Cordeau. 2—Bryce Newcomb. 3—Reed Boeger. 4—Kurtis Fieguth. 5—Ross Falcone. 6—Tyler Chandler. 7—Austin Moses. 8—Jake Kaiser. 9—Colter Brehmer. 10—Austin Bourret. 11—Scott Isaacs. 12—Ryon Campbell. 13—Toby Eagan. 14—Sam Colesworthy.
MIDDLES: SG: 1—Carl Rixon Jr. 69.78. 2—Skip Merrick 72.83. 3—Zac Crist 72.87. 4—Olin Glenne 75.34. 5—Hank Minor 75.85. 6—Pat Revallier 76.39. 7—Cameron Fraser 77.34. 8—Dillon Witmer 77.99. 9—Tyler Corrock 80.55. 10—Jeff Mintz 80.81. 11—Mike Marks 97.95. 12—John Rust 104.46. 13—Kyle Carlson 105.88. DNF—Justin Peterson, Tom Kennedy, Wes Powell, Tyler Ferris, Jim Hart. Bumps: 1—Justin Peterson. 2—Josh Zuck. 3—Olin Glenne. 4—Tom Kennedy. 5—Mike Marks. 6—Pat Revallier. 7 (tie)—Tyler Corrock and Wes Powell. 9—Zac Crist. 10—Hank Minor. 11—Jeff Mintz. 12—Brandon Doan. 13—Jimmy hart. 14—Brett Deuter. Combined: 1—Olin Glenne. 2—Zac Crist. 3—Pat Revallier. 4—Tyler Corrock. 5—Mike Marks. 6—Hank Minor. 7—Jeff Mintz.
VETERANS: SG: 1—Matt Murphy 73.79. 2—Matt Luhn 74.54. 3—Shawn Ackerman 75.42. 4—John Campbell 76.66. 5—Blake Barrymore 78.37. 6—Bob Dreyer 78.57. 7—Sean Murphy 79.22. 8—Ken Dreyer 80.38. 9—Deeder Petersen 80.65. 10—Baird Gourlay 81.70. 11—John Summers 82.91. 12—Tim Marsano 84.60. 13—John Zuck 86.57. 14—John Reagle 86.62. 15—Mike Levy 87.41. 16—Mike Reutimann 87.65. 17—Greg Knutson 89.08. 18—Jeff Page 91.87. 19—Tommy Richardson 92.47. 20—Gary Loritz 93.11. 21—Bruce Allenbaugh 95.11. 22—Charlie Evans 96.63. 23—Greg Moore 97.42. 24—Jim Parris 98.12. 25—Jonathon Neeley 105.96. 26—Harry Bolton 108.61. DNF—Neil Jessen, Alan Rickers, Victor Roy. DSQ—Scott Levy. Bumps: 1—John Zuck. 2—John Reagle. 3—Alan Rickers. 4—Jeff Page. 5—Blake Barrymore. 6—Tommy Richardson. 7—John Summers. 8—Neil Jessen. 9—Nicky Buckwalter. 10—Mike Reutimann. 11—Tom West. 12—Bob Dreyer. 13—Tim Marsano. 14—Greg Knutson. 15—Deeder Petersen. 16—Baird Gourlay. 17—Jim Parris. 18—Jerry Norris. 19—Sean Murphy. 20—Mike Levy. Combined: 1—Blake Barrymore. 2—John Zuck. 3 (tie)—John Reagle, John Summers and Bob Dreyer. 6—Jeff Page. 7—Deeder Petersen. 8 (tie)—Tim Marsano and Tommy Richardson. 10 (tie)—Baird Gourlay and Mike Reutimann. 12—Sean Murphy. 13—Greg Knutson. 14—Mike Levy. 15—Jim Parris.
RETIREES: SG: 1—Carl Fullman 84.69. 2—Steve Slivinski 91.25. 3—Loren Anderson 101.85. 4—Ben Harwell 102.73. 5—Lenny Spivack 115.61. DNF—Ned Lumpkin. Bumps: 1—Lenny Spivack. Combined: 1—Lenny Spivack.
SNOWBOARD: 1—Josh Berry 202.73. DNF—Eric Chizum.
TELEMARK: SG: 1—Sean Flynn 102.64. 2—Danny Walton 107.15. Bumps: 1—Flynn. 2—Walton. 3—Buck Cobb. Combined: 1—Flynn. 2—Walton.
